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Its good to see you. i have conflicting feelings. on one hand, im so pleased to see people are lining up and getting testing. testing is part of public health 101 strategy to containing this pandemic. on the other hand, im very frustrated on behalf of some of these people to see theres such long waits. the biden administration is very committed to increasing testing capacity. i will say in new york city, every time i walk around the city, i see lots of covid testing centers. we need to invest a ...

Masking. distancing as much as possible. but the testing, the masking, and for the children that are eligible, vaccination, those are the key, again, public health 101 strategies to keep the schools open. >> doctor, are we seeing this up tick in new cases in part because we are just testing a lot more than we were just a few weeks ago? because so many people want to travel for the holidays? is that part of the reason were seeing this up tick? >> i think thats part of it, craig. but i generally d...

Massive lines for testing. meanwhile broadway shows, sports games, schools nationwide being forced to shut down again. this morning, there was some good news. moderna announcing new data that shows its booster is effective against the omicron variant. very effective, according to moderna. carrie sanders is outside one of the busy covid testing sites in miami, florida. lindsey riser outside a school in new york city. and also with me is the medical director of covid isolation and quarantine sit...

Those patients in south africa tend to be younger and they have a prior immunity thats not the case with the typical american. we need to take this seriously. no need for panic. but we need to be prudent. testing, masking, vaccinations and boosters. >> if you are vaccinated, if you are boosted, is it just fine for you to travel for the holidays, to hop on an airplane, hop on the train, or to get in your car to go see grandma and grandpa? >> you know, im going to quote two of our federal national...

Moments. if you are feeling a sense of pandemic deja vu, youre not alone. in the words of dr. fauci, covid cases are raging around the world. massive lines for testing are back. more and more pro sports and entertainment events are getting cancelled. but we did get a glimmer of hope this morning. moderna just announcing that its booster shot appears to provide protection against omicron. well have more on that in a few moments. also this morning, where do they go from here? democrats and the...

City. youve got about almost 860 classrooms closed because of a rise in cases. according to the department of education. meanwhile, the white house announcing that plan on friday to keep kids in school by doing daily testing. if they have been exposed. based on what youre seeing and reading and hearing, do you think thats a strategy that works, the tests to stay in the classroom strategy? >> yeah. i believe its called test and stay. another point about the testing. another strategy to get people...

In january that was around 9,000. so were not seeing a huge increase in hospitalizations. but in terms of schools, the mayor says he doesnt want to move schools virtual. i talked to the head of the public schools teachers union, he says testing has to improve in schools. right now theres way too much of a lag time between when the tests are administered and the results. i talked to a father waiting in the line this morning. this is what he told me. >> it needs to be remedied. omicron variant is ...